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تضلّع

Root: ضلع

Form: 5

Full Definition

تضلّعV : see 1, in the middle of the paragraph.
2 [Also,] and ضَلَعَ , like مَنَعَ, said of a man, He became filled, or what was between his أَضْلَاع [or ribs] became filled, with food, or drink: or with drink so that the water reached his أَضْلَاع, and they became swollen out in consequence thereof: and the former verb is also expl. as meaning he drank much, so that his side and his ribs became stretched. And تضلّع مِنَ الطَّعَامِ He became filled with the food; as though it filled his ribs.
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